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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORSICANA ISD·NCES 481533011315
Sam Houston Elementary School
1213 W 4TH AVE, CORSICANA, TX 75110 · (903) 874-6971 · Navarro County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
341 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 37% larger than its 4th grade class (71).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sam Houston Elementary School→Collins Intermediate School→Corsicana Middle School→Corsicana High School
Based on grade levels within CORSICANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 42.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sam Houston Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston Elementary School this school | 422 | 80.8% | 41.0% |
| Pearsall Intermediate School PEARSALL | 442 | 81.2% | 26.9% |
| Pre-K Academy at West Avenue SAN ANTONIO | 391 | 79.0% | N/A |
| Jubilee Harlingen HARLINGEN | 377 | 80.1% | 37.0% |
| Hebbronville Elementary School HEBBRONVILLE | 448 | 82.4% | 41.1% |
| Northwest Elementary School HEREFORD | 479 | 79.3% | 25.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sam Houston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Navarro County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,458 of 4,401 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,527 of 4,466 ▼ 1,100 | #6 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,611 of 4,466 ▲ 1,121 | #2 of 9 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #488 of 3,998 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,304 of 4,938 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,459 of 4,622 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #3,826 of 4,628 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.8% | #1,898 of 4,789 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.7% | #247 of 1,307 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 81% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 25.8 | 16.5:1 | 82% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 28.1 | 15.6:1 | 84% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 22.2 | 14.5:1 | 72% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 67% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Houston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (323 to 422); teachers up 17% (22.2 to 26).
About Sam Houston Elementary School
Sam Houston Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in CORSICANA, Texas, (ZIP code 75110). The school enrolls 422 students in kindergarten through 4.
CORSICANA ISD runs 8 schools with a combined 5,998 students. Sam Houston Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 90% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 6% White. Among all residents of Navarro County, the Hispanic share is about 32%. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Sam Houston Elementary School are from different groups.
Sam Houston Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The school has 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 71% average for public schools in Navarro County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sam Houston Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sam Houston Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 41.0% actual against 39.2% predicted.
Navarro County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,111 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Sam Houston Elementary School shares Navarro County with 24 other public schools.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Bowie Elementary School, is the closest to Sam Houston Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sam Houston Elementary School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Sam Houston Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 422, close to the 419 recorded in 2020-21.
Sam Houston Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Navarro County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,711
Census ACS
Median income
$63,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,681 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORSICANA ISD
- Corsicana High SchoolHigh · 1,837 students
- Collins Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Corsicana Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in CORSICANA
- Corsicana High SchoolHigh · 1,837 students
- Collins Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Corsicana Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Carroll Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other Sam Houston Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sam Houston Elementary. Sam Houston Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 10.
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 761 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 703 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolMARSHALL, TX · 536 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 494 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolLA FERIA, TX · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Bowie Elementary School1.1 mi · 494
- Two Dimensions at Corsicana1.4 mi · 58
- Collins Intermediate School1.5 mi · 891
- Carroll Elementary School1.6 mi · 559
- Jose Antonio Navarro Elementary School2.0 mi · 562
- Fannin Elementary School2.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Houston Elementary SchoolHow large is Sam Houston Elementary School?
Sam Houston Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-04.
Is Sam Houston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sam Houston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Sam Houston Elementary School have?
Sam Houston Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Sam Houston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sam Houston Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sam Houston Elementary School in?
Sam Houston Elementary School is part of CORSICANA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.